The City of Cleveland Division of Water celebrates 150 years of service (1856 – 2006). This is an outstanding organization that servers water the greater Cleveland. There are some amazing facts that we should all be aware of.
Here are some interesting facts:
While all of this information (taken from a recent flier I received via the US postal service) is sounding pretty good. The following piece of information that nearly knocked me off my feet was this:
As of 2003 the water division found that the average level of LEAD found in the DRINKING water was 6.4µg/L! The level of lead in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health is 0µg/L! Somehow somebody out there think that it is safe for there to be up to 15µg/L of lead in drinking water! Now comes the REALLY scary part! 2 of 72 sites confirmed lead levels ABOVE 15µg/L!
Available at http://www.clevelandwater.com/water_quality/2004/contents.html [1]
If you want to protect your family start drinking bottled water from a good company. Make sure to ask for copies of the state mandated test results before committing to a contract for home or office delivery.
Links:
[1] http://www.clevelandwater.com/water_quality/2004/contents.html